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The Random Sh*t Thread Pt 2
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bally199
Doesn't have much of a life
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Location: Barnsley, South Yorkshire
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Running it on my usual PC (3.4 Pentium D, 4gb RAM and a 9600GT). I upgraded from Vista HP to 7 HP because I couldn't be bothered to back up, and I don't have a HDD big enough to put my stuff on. It's laggy as hell, and I've already had to repair it about 5 times. For once Vista looks like a viable upgrade! _________________ Kimmotalk is where all the cool people hang.
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finlay666
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Location: Newcastle
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You upgraded an OS instead of a fresh install? you could have created a temp partition and put your data on there
Always do a clean install, always
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bally199
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Location: Barnsley, South Yorkshire
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It wasn't viable for me to do that, as I have a 640gb HDD and most of this are films, music and (admittedly) torrents that I don't want to get rid of. Having said that, when I updated my old Pentium 2 machine from Windows 98 to ME, it seemed loads faster. :/ _________________Kimmotalk is where all the cool people hang.
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pcernie
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Location: Belfast
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'Work' is only getting the bare minimum out of me today  _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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Zippy
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I have just booked flights to Florence, 2 people are going and then travelling internally to Bosnia to visit a factory. I gave the completed travel packs to the people travelling and got the response "Oh, can you just sort out a day return flight into Bosnia on the 12th November?" I checked out the flight options, 6 hours each way to fly from Florence to Sarajevo and it'll cost a total of £740  So, that's a no. Then they've suggested perhaps they should fly to Bosnia direct instead of Florence, but that means losing the money we've spent on the flights to Florence, and spending an additional £400 on flights to Bosnia  Grr this is what makes me so mad about peoples attitudes towards travel. They arrange a trip with an office (in this case Florence) and don't think the entire plant through, expecting me to be able to mind-read what they want/need. It ends up wasting money, my money, and making more work for me. Add to that, my desk companion is in a foul mood today, it's my fault because I can't magic more time into my bosses calendar, but its getting on my t!ts _________________The Official "Saucy Minx"  This above all: To Thine Own Self Be True "Red sky at night, Shepherds Delight"..Which is a bit like Shepherds Pie, but with whipped topping instead of mashed potato.
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John_Vella
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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How much would it cost to buy a new hard drive? They're not that expensive, and the newer drive would probably be even faster than your existing one... _________________John Vella BSc (Hons), PGCE - Still the official forum prankster and crude remarker  Sorry  I'll behave now. Promise
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Amnesia10
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With you Ernie I would imagine that is every day! _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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bally199
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Well, I'm going to a computer fair on Sunday, so I'm going to have a look there, as I also want a laptop HDD caddy (The hdd from my broken laptop might make a useful usb drive for school. 3d modelling takes up loads of space) Although this drive is a WD Caviar Blue, and it's one of the quick drives in the range. Not the quickest by any mark, but it's still faster than my old 2x160gb RAID 0 array. Which I had to split when my dads HDD became toasty in his PC.  _________________Kimmotalk is where all the cool people hang.
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Paul1965
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Well, if you need someone to help make sure those tickets aren't wasted.....
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Zippy
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Thanks for the offer, but if it was that easy, I'd be going  _________________The Official "Saucy Minx" This above all: To Thine Own Self Be True "Red sky at night, Shepherds Delight"..Which is a bit like Shepherds Pie, but with whipped topping instead of mashed potato.
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John_Vella
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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Got a 'phone call from my youngest brother earlier. They, (he and his wife) went for the scan earlier on today and it's a boy, due some time in February or March. That'll be 4 boys and 1 girl.  _________________John Vella BSc (Hons), PGCE - Still the official forum prankster and crude remarker Sorry I'll behave now. Promise
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ProfessorF
What's a life?
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phantombudgie
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I've just uninstalled Ubuntu from my desktop  I liked it, and it works well, but I mostly use my PC for computer games. After realising over a week had gone by without looking at ubuntu I decided there was little point in having it. It was fun whilst it lasted, but it didn't last long "It's not you, it's me" - *clicks on "format" *
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pcernie
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Work was so boring it got more work than fcuking usual  _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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Amnesia10
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It did not stop you posting all day.  _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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